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DAS—DAU
DASTKIRD—
A village in Kirman, 5£ miles north-west of Mahun, on the Kirman
road.— (Sykes, 1894.)
DAST KlRD KUH—
The name of a small mountain range, being a prolongation to the north
of Ginau Kuh and Kishit Kuh, opposite to and some 10 miles to the west
of Kaleh-i-Qantaq, mile 124|, on the route from Rigan to Minab. Kaleh-i-
Qantaq is between Hasan Sultan and Kahuri-Daraz —(/ ennings, 1885.)
DAST KlRD (Kutal and Nala)—
The name of a kutal (with ndld) in the Slaneh Kuh. Here is the water-
parting between the northern branch of the Drukan Nala and the Dast
Kird Nala ; latter a tributary of the Talab river. Height of kutal 6,184
feet. The kutal occurs at mile 117 t 7 y, on the route from Talk to Ladis.
Perennial water is said to exist in the Sianeh Kuh up several tributaries
of this Dast Kird Nala and the Drukan Nala. (See latter.) The ascent
to this kutal from the south is about 1,700 feet in 12 miles, and the
descent on the north some 1,300 feet in 11 miles.
The kutal is between Sar-i-Drukan and the Gazu fort in Sarhad.—
(Jennings, 1885.)
DAST KlRD KUTAL— Lat. 28° 18' 43"; Long. 61° 38' 51"; Elev. 5976'
A pass in the hills, on the Jalk-Ladls road. To the south-east of it is
a halting-place of the same (Jennings.)
DAUGDAU—
A date grove and small group of huts on the left bank of the Kajuriver>
on the Bampur-Chahbar route, 7| miles above Qasrqand. Fuel and
grazing scarce. No fodder or supplies. Water from river.—(G ey, 1906.) A
DAULATABAD (Kirman)—
A small village of some 20 Huts, on the road from Bandar Abbas to
Bam by Khanu, 176 miles from the iormex.—(Euan-Smith \ Rozario.)
DAULAT ABAD—Lat. 28° 22'; Long. 56° 45'; Elev. about 3,450'.
A sta^e on the Kirman-Bandar Abbas road, 124 miles from Bandar Abbas.
- The vilfage consists of some 50 houses. Livestock : 7 horses, 125 cattle,
400 sheep and goats. There are 30 fighting men, who possess 20 muzzle-
loaders. This village is in the Kirman district, but belongs to the Kaldntar
of Ahmadi in Ears. Good water from a kdriz.—(Sher Jang, 1902.) There
are a few gardens also, with small date-palms and a considerable amount
of cultivated ground. It is the chief village of a small district and is
situated in the centre of the plain.
A fair amount of supplies can be obtained ; the place looks fertile and is
well watered by the Rudkhaneh-i-Gashk, which receives the drainage of the
Gushk, Khabr and Siah mountains, and spreads out over the plain in three
branches. One branch goes to Qadirabad, one to Shela, and a third to
Daulatabad. All the water becomes absorbed in the valley. Along the